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单词 metronome
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Definition of metronome in English:

metronome

noun ˈmɛtrənəʊmˈmɛtrəˌnoʊm
  • A device used by musicians that marks time at a selected rate by giving a regular tick.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There's no rules, and Mozart was before the age of the metronome.
    • As well as ticking on each beat, metronomes often have a bell which can be set to ting every second, third, or fourth beat to mark the first beat in the bar.
    • As the movement progresses there is, of course, flexibility of tempo as measured against a metronome but everything seems so solid and inevitable.
    • Prior to learning the notes, students need to tap and count the rhythm, incorporating all accents and dynamics, with the metronome set to the eighth note.
    • So what does irregular handwriting, with sudden loops, squashed sprawls, and verticals ticking like metronomes, say about the man?
    • We recorded it on my portable disc recorder, 78 rpm, and a metronome was set at 78 and placed adjacent to the microphone.
    • In addition, a built-in metronome can accommodate standard and odd-metered rhythms and be programmed for future time changes.
    • This may include practicing for a predetermined amount of time per day or utilizing the metronome to improve rhythm.
    • Many students may need to be introduced to effective practice methods such as repetition, playing with a metronome, woodshedding and visualization.
    • We all need the music teacher's most basic pedagogical tool, the metronome.
    • The water splashed back and forth, smooth and steady, keeping time like a metronome.
    • The use of metronomes, electronic tuners or other mechanical devices will not be allowed during the contestant's performance.
    • Study of these works should not be attempted, nor can mastery be achieved, without consistent and disciplined use of the metronome.
    • This is the stuff of unrestrained release - hardly a place for a handy metronome and the prison of barlines!
    • The prizes have been metronomes, music, piano bags and miniature pianos filled with candy.
    • Twice in rehearsal, he adjusts his pocket metronome to the deejay's pulse, deferring to the dominant instrument.
    • A clock filled the falling silence, ticking like a metronome, keeping the beat of the daily grind.
    • The metronome is handy and well positioned visually to be a constant reminder of the benefit of slow practice.
    • He just wants metronomes, randomness, atonality, doubletime kick drums and clicks.
    • In her own teaching, she focused on students' technical and musical problems one at a time, advised practicing slowly and advocated use of the metronome.

Derivatives

  • metronomic

  • adjective mɛtrəˈnɒmɪk
    • In these a strictly metronomic Brahms is as unthinkable as a fussy or hurried Brahms in passages which must be presented with adamantine rhythm.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Are the rhythms truly accurate, and do they give the music life, or are they only metronomic?
      • They're generally pretty good, kind of frail, spidery songs with tuff bass lines and metronomic drum-beats.
      • The counting must be expressive, however, reflecting the rhythmic character of the music, not merely a metronomic rattling off of the numbers.
      • This is one of the least metronomic recordings I know, and yet the concerto holds its shape because a basic pulse has been maintained, in spite of the accelerandi and rallentandi.
  • metronomically

  • adverb mɛtrəˈnɒmɪk(ə)li
    • Mind you, Howard would be breaking the mould for Australian prime ministers who are, almost metronomically, into the job in their late 40s or 50s and out before 60.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Dates are annotated on the papers, and the piece might best be considered a Zen meditation on the way cigarettes metronomically mark one's hours.
      • But put together I'm aching to hear some mistakes, an unwise reggae song, a moment where - momentarily - the rhythm section aren't metronomically of a single mind.
      • ‘Zheng’ begins with the looped rhythm of crackle, the needle loudly gouging into the vinyl surface, while a pipa moodily strums and plucked tones count time metronomically.
      • The dominant feature is the brisk, metronomically precise beat.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Greek metron 'measure' + nomos 'law'.

 
 

Definition of metronome in US English:

metronome

nounˈmetrəˌnōmˈmɛtrəˌnoʊm
  • A device used by musicians that marks time at a selected rate by giving a regular tick.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Twice in rehearsal, he adjusts his pocket metronome to the deejay's pulse, deferring to the dominant instrument.
    • We all need the music teacher's most basic pedagogical tool, the metronome.
    • There's no rules, and Mozart was before the age of the metronome.
    • As well as ticking on each beat, metronomes often have a bell which can be set to ting every second, third, or fourth beat to mark the first beat in the bar.
    • Many students may need to be introduced to effective practice methods such as repetition, playing with a metronome, woodshedding and visualization.
    • As the movement progresses there is, of course, flexibility of tempo as measured against a metronome but everything seems so solid and inevitable.
    • This may include practicing for a predetermined amount of time per day or utilizing the metronome to improve rhythm.
    • The prizes have been metronomes, music, piano bags and miniature pianos filled with candy.
    • Prior to learning the notes, students need to tap and count the rhythm, incorporating all accents and dynamics, with the metronome set to the eighth note.
    • The metronome is handy and well positioned visually to be a constant reminder of the benefit of slow practice.
    • Study of these works should not be attempted, nor can mastery be achieved, without consistent and disciplined use of the metronome.
    • The water splashed back and forth, smooth and steady, keeping time like a metronome.
    • In addition, a built-in metronome can accommodate standard and odd-metered rhythms and be programmed for future time changes.
    • He just wants metronomes, randomness, atonality, doubletime kick drums and clicks.
    • The use of metronomes, electronic tuners or other mechanical devices will not be allowed during the contestant's performance.
    • This is the stuff of unrestrained release - hardly a place for a handy metronome and the prison of barlines!
    • We recorded it on my portable disc recorder, 78 rpm, and a metronome was set at 78 and placed adjacent to the microphone.
    • So what does irregular handwriting, with sudden loops, squashed sprawls, and verticals ticking like metronomes, say about the man?
    • A clock filled the falling silence, ticking like a metronome, keeping the beat of the daily grind.
    • In her own teaching, she focused on students' technical and musical problems one at a time, advised practicing slowly and advocated use of the metronome.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Greek metron ‘measure’ + nomos ‘law’.

 
 
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